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which  foundered  at  sea  on  the  5th  Feb.  1826,  on 

,  he  '  passage  from  New  Brunswick  to  Liverpool. 
Miss  Saunders  was  one  of  the  six  survivors  who 
were  driveii  to  the  awful  extremity  of  subsisting  2^ 
days  on  the  dead  bodies  of  such  of  the  unfortunate 
crew  as  fell  victims  to  starvation— one  of  whom  was 
a  young  man  to  whom  she  was  soon  to  be  joined  in. 


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€oinf\    Ocome,   dearly  beloved  Christian^^ 
and  join  zvitli  rae  in  the  praise  of  God,  who^  ^ 
has  had  pill/ onme^  and  whose  merci/  endnr--. 
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sons  of  aJi  «ge;s  and  of  every  denomination,  «n  tiles' 


import;u/Cf   of  attending  to  the  concerns  of  theil|    j^|/ 
hiiuioViul  t  ouls,  and  in  being  prepared  for  Peath^iV:  i^  I 


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Distrid  of  MassathusettS'^to  wit : 

District  Clmik's  Office* 
BE  IT  REMEMBERED,  That  on  the  Ninth  day  of  Febtu- 
ary,  A.D.  1827,  in  the  Fifty -first  Year  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States  of  America,  EBENEZER  FRIER,  of  the 
said  District,  has  deposited  in  this  Office  the  Title  of  a  Boolc^ 
the  rig^t  whereof  he  claims  as  Proprietor,  in  words  following", 
to  wit  : — Narrative  of  the  Shipwreck  and  Sufferings  of  Miss 
Ann  Saunders,  who  was  a  passenger  on  board  the  Ship  Fran- 
cis Mary,  which  foundered  at  sea  on  the  5th  Feb.  1826,  on  her 
passage  from  New-Brunswick  to  Liverpool.  Miss  Saunders 
was  one  of  the  six  suavivors  who  were  driven  to  the  awful 
extremity  of  subsisting  22  days  on  the  dead  bodies  of  such  of 
the  unfortunate  crew  as  fell  victims  to  starvation,  one  of  whom 
was  a  young-  man  to  whom  .'>:ic  v/iis  soon  to  be  joined  in  mar- 
riage— written  by  herself — Come,  O  come,  dearly  beloved 
Christians  and  jo/n  with  mc  'n  the  priJse  of  God,  who  has  had 
pity  on  me,  and  whose  mercy  endureth  forever. — Annexed  is 
a  solemn  address  of  Miss  Saundei's  to  persons  of  all  ages  and 
of  every  denomination,  on  the  importance  of  attending  to  the 
concerns  of  theii*  immortal  souls,  and  in  being  prepared  for 
death. 
f  In  conformity  to  the  Act  of  Congi'css  of  the  United  States, 
entitled  "An  Act  for  the  encouragement  of  Learning  by  sCt 
curing  the  copies  of  Mv.ps,  Charts  and  Tlooks,  to  the  author? 
and  proprietors  of  such  copies,  during  the  time  therein  men- 
tioned. And  also  an  Act,  entitled  **  An  Act,  supplementary 
to  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  ibr  the  encouragement  of  learning 
by  securing  the  copies  of  Maps,  Charts  and  Books,  to  the 
authors  and  proprietors  of  such  copies,  during  the  times  there- 
in mentioned,  and  extending  the  benefits  thereof  to  the  arts 
of  designing,  engraving  and  etching  historical  and  other  prints.' 

JNO.  W,  DAVIS, 
Ckrk  of  the  District  of  Miissachuseifs., 


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In  confirmation  of  the  truth  of  the  facts,  as  recor* 
ded  in  the  following  narrative,  we  beg  the  liberty  to 
subjoin  the  recommendation  of  a  worthy  Clergyman, 
.of  Liverpool,  of  whose  church  Miss  Saunders  is  now, 
we  trust,  a  worthy  member. 

**  Having  been  long  personally  acquainted  with  Miss 
Saunders,  (the  N'arrative  of  whose  recent    unparal- 
leled sufferings  are  noiv  offered  for  public  perusal,) 
and  having  been  a  witness  of  her  late  happy  conver* 
sion,  [  feel  it  a  duty  to  recommend  her  publication  ns 
ii  work  of  great  meiit,  and   calculated  to  be  useful 
wherever  it  may  be  read,  and  will,  I  am  confident,  be 
considered  a  treasure  of  inestemable  value,  by  Cbris-- 
(ians  of  every  denomination  ;  who,  by  a  faithful  pe 
rusal  of  it,  will,  I  trust,  be  led  to  feel  the  uncertaint 
if-vlife,  and  the  infinite  importance  of  being  prepare, 
(or  death.     It  is  therefore  with  pleasure  that  I  contf  ^|  ?| 
bute  this  testimony  of  my  approbation  of  a  publiqi  ^^j 
tion,8o  profitable  and  interesting  to  both  eld  and  youii  ^^* 
— to   parents  who    love  their  children,  and  childrei^f^ 
who  love  their  parents — and  to  all  whosincerelv  iove  \ 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Tp 

EBENEZER  WAKEFIELD  '*         'S 

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Tor  the  liilbrmjitlon  oi  such  of  my  readers  as  may 
l»e  unacquainted  with  tl\Q  fact, it  may  not  beuoimpoc- 
tant  that  1  commence  tho  narrative  of  my  recent  un- 
paralleled  sufferings,  with  stating,  that  I  a'u  'i  native 
of  Liverpool,  [Eng.]  where  1  was  born  in  Jun  3, 1802, 
©f  reputable  parents  ;    who,   although  as  regarded  '^^^S- 
**  worldly   riches,"    were  ranked  with  the   **  poorer  '^'k 
dass,"  yet,  succeeded  in  bestowing  on  me  what  I  now     '*'4 
Hnd  ever  shall  conceive  a  legacy  of  more   inestema-    ^1 
hie  worth,  to  wit:  an  education  sufficient  to  enable  j. 
me  to  peruse  the  sacred  Scriptures,  whereby  1  wa^tn. 
early  taught  the  importance  of  attending  to  the  coii>  4. 
cerns  of  my  souL     At  an  early  age  1  had  the  misfoi>^h 
tune  to  lose  my  flUher — but,  young  as  I  was,  the  irr^»  d  , 
;i^arable  loss  made  a  deep  and  lasting  impression  upon  ir   I 
My  mind — by  tiiis melancholy  and  unc^Lpectcd  evcof^  ;r 
iny  poor  mother  was  left  a  widow  with  five  helpless  /     ^ 

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children,  and  without  the  nrieans  of  contributing  but  a 
scanty  pittance  to  their  support— the  Ihree  oldest  were 
in  consequence  put  out  into  respectable  families  in 
the  neighborhood,  where  I  have  reason  to  believe  we 
were  treated  with  as  much  tenderness,  as  }'oung  chil- 
dren generally  are,  who  are  bound  out  under  similar- 
circumstances.  When  1  had  arrived  to  tbe  age  of 
eighteen,  I  >\as  persuaded  to  take  up  my  abode  with 
a  widowed  aunt,  wflh  whom  I  remained  until  some- 
time in  October,  1825.  'R  was  while  with  my  aunt, 
that  I  became  first  acqiminted  with  that  peculiarly 
unfortunate  youth,  James  Frier,  whose  wretched 
and  untimely  fate,  I  shall  hereafter  have  a  sad  occa- 
sion to  speak. 

While  with  my  aunt,  I  also  became  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  a  Mrs.  Kendail,  the  wife  of  Capt.  John 
Kendall,  a  lady  of  pious  and  amiable  disposition,  and 
who,  I  believe,  was  very  deservedly  respected  by  all 
who  had  the  pleasure  of  her  acquaintance.  It  was 
by  the  very  strong  solicitations  of  this  lady  (and  those 
of  the  unfortunate  youth  above  mentioned)  that  1 
consented  to  accompany  her  with  her  husband,  on 
their  passage  from  Liverpool  to  St.  Johns,  (New 
Brunswick,)  in  the  fall  of  1825. 

It  was  early  in  the  morning  of  the  10th  November, 
that  I  took  an  affectionate  leave  of  my  mother  and 
ersters,  and  embarked  with  Mrs.  Kendall,  (whose 
companion  1  was  to  be,)  and  bid  adieu  for  the  first 
time  to  the  shores  of  my  native  land.     The  wind  was 

1^  favorable,  but  it  being  the  first  time  in  my  life  that  I 
bad  ever  adventured  more  than  half  a  mile  on  the 

t  cean,  with  sea  sickness  and  a  depression  of  spirits,  I 
was  confined  to  my  birth,  the  first  three  days,  after  we 
left  port — but,  becoming  more  accustomed  to  the  mo- 
tion of  the  vessel,  I  soon  regained  my  health  and  spir- 
its, and  from  this  moment  enjoyed  a  pleasant  passage, 
\|withoutany  very  remarkable  occurrence  atttnding  us,^ 


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until  we  reached  St.  Johns'  the  port  of  o  ir  destina- 
tion. 

On  the  18th  January,  1826,  (Capt.  Kendall  having 
obtained  a  cary;o  of  Timber,  and  made  every  neces- 
sary prt'piration  for  our  departure,)  we  set  sail  for 
Liverpool,  with  a  favorable  wind,  and  with  the  prod - 
j)cct  a  )d  joyful  expectations  of  an  ex|)^"dltiou^  passage 
— on  boar!  of  the  ship  were  21  souls,  nicluding  Mrs. 
Kendall,  a.id  niyseU' — many  of  the  seamen  were  mar- 
ried Hi'Mi,  and  had  left  in  Europe  numerous  families^ 
dependent  ofi  (hern  for  support — Alas!  poor  mortals, 
liUl.i  flid  tiity  probably  think,  wh»^n  ihey  bid  their 
loving  (  o  ...jaruons  and  their  tender  litile  ones  the  last 
adieu,  (£i  .t  i*  w  is  to  be  a  linal  one,  and  ihat  thev  were 
to  bohold  (li^'ir  faces  no  more,  iorever,  in  this  frail 
worM  ;  I'll;,  wonoust  not  charge  an  infinitely  wise  and 
goor'  '  'i.>d  !f>oiishiV ,  who  cannot  err,  but  orders  every 
event  for  '  .t'  b(-!-t. 

VVe  "t I*  .^eii  favorable  weather  until  about  the  1st 
Fcl>'' ;;,j  .  (  Ml  asf-vere  i-^ale  w;»s  cxjecienced,  which 
blo^v  ,i\\::;  ,v  me  of  the  vrir<ls  and  Jri/irs  of  our  ves- 
^  i  d  awav  one  of  the  boat?*  cff  the  deck, 
wounded  ^souie  of  the  seamen — early  in 
•  -i-n'mg,  the  gale  havinji  somewhat  ahat 
■■■.  '  !l  and  nn><  If  emnloved  ourselves  iu 
Aounds  of  the  poor  feliow»  that  were 
•!  v;bi!e  those  who  had  escaped  injury, 
t;d  in  clearirii^  the  deck  ot  the  broken 
i  ';r;',-  and  disentangling  the  rigging,  kc.  so 
'  hi)or«j  tht^y  wete  ena  leti  ai^ain  lo  mak<^ 
n  h  tl  e  pleasing  hope  that  tliey  should  en- 
w  p'.ose  boisterous  and  contrary  wmds  to  im- 
n  '!*sao;e — but,  in  this  they  were  soon  sad- 
•'n.-d.  for  on  the  5th,  they  were  visited  with 
a  S'll  or»!  .-  vere  gale,  from  E.  S.  E.  which  indeed 
cause*)  tb<  '^^a  to  run  "  mountains  high  !"  The  cap. 
tain  gjave  orders  to  his  men  to  do  every  tbing^in, their 


sel,  <!!td     . 
and  :  ••  v'n. 
the  .■!(■•■•.!• 
ed,   ^:  :-.   ! 
dre  -.;  '    1 
mo.- 1  !'  ;■; 
wer'i  ':r)p> 
spar*,  :-v.'-i 
thai  i'   a 
sail,  ;  r,d 
count- 1 
pede  th  ■ 
)y  disa-;'j 


■g*. 


-■''-■"'"-"^.■' >""'-"  ■-''■view  w»^:j 


I 


I 


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10  [SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERINGS 

power  to  do,  for  the  safety  of  our  llvns — all  sails  were 
rlewed  up,  and  the  ship  hove  to,  hut  the  gale  «till  in 
creasing,  ahout  noon  our  vessel  was  struck  hy  a  trfe- 
mendoUvS  sea,  which  swept  from  her  decks  alnfiost  ev 
ery  moveable  article,  and  washed  one  of  the  seamen 
overboard,  (who  wns  providentially  Pflved  )  and  in  a 
few  moments  ai'ter  b}  another  tremendous  sea,  the 
whole  of  the  ships  ?torn  was  stove  in  !  this  was  only 
the  beginning  of  a  scene  of  horrid  calamities  !  doub- 
ly horrible  to  mo,  (as  the  reader  must  sup|)ose)  who 
had  never  before  witnessfd  any  thing  so  awful. 

While  the  capiain  and  (^fllicers  of  the  ship  were 
holding  a  consiilialion  or;  deck,  what  was  best  to  be 
done  for  the  preservation  o>"  our  lives  Mis.  Kendall 
and  m}solf  were  on  our  knees,  on  the  quarter  deck, 
as  earnestly  engaged  in  yunyer  to  tl  e  Almighty  God 
that  he  would  in  l-is  tender  nierry  spare  our  lives,  and 
if  consistent  with  his  will,  that  he  would  finally  rest<ire 
us  in  safet}  to  our  fii(  nde.  And,  O  my  Supreme  and 
Glorious  Drliverer.  who  art  a  prayer  hearing  aud 
prayer  answering  God,  how  shall  I  acknowledge  my 
thankfulness  for  the  mercy  shown  me,  and  in  wba| 
manner  shall  I  adore  ihee  ? 

The  ensuing  morning  presented  to  our  view  an  «j5* 
pect  the  mo«t  dreary — not  the  least  appearance  of  th,e 
gale  abating,  on  tiie  contrary  it  seemed  to  increase 
with  redoubled  vigor  ;  a-  the  sea  had  rose  to  an  alarm- 
ing height  aud  frequently  dashed  against  the  vessel 
with  greai  violence  I — little  else  was  now  thought  of 
but  the  preservation  of  cur  lives.  Exert'ons  were 
made  by  the  crew  to  save  as  much  of  the  ship's  pro- 
visions as  wai  possible,  and  by  breaking  outth^  bow 
port,  they  succeeded  in  saving  [>Q  or  Qo  pounds  of 
bread,  and  a  few  poun«1s  of  cheese,  which  were  stow- 
ed in  the  main  top  ;  to  wh'xcU  place  Mrs.  Kendall  and 
myself  were  conveyed,  it  being  impossible  for  us  to 
ri^acd'n  below,  the  cabin  b^iw^^  nearly  fil!od  wiuh  watei. 


'^jtefiftLtJSpa^gywyyuiiJw 


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OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS, 


11 


ails  were 
c  «ti)l  in 
by  a  trfc- 
Imost  ev 
i  scHmen 

and  in  a 
sea,  the 
Wris  only 
s  !  (loob- 
k«n)  who 
111. 

ip  were 
'st  to  be 

Kendal! 
:er  deck, 
;htv  Go(i 
ives,  and 
y  lesiJtdre 

euie  and 

nfij  aud 
edge  my 

n   wba^ 

>v  an  a9> 
e  of the 
ncrease 
1  alarm- 
vessel 
)ught  of 
18  were 
p'a  pro- 
h^  bow 
unde  of 
•e  stow- 
lall  and 
»r  us  to 
watei; 


! 


and  almost  every  sea  breaking  over  us  !  Tl»e  ni}];ht 
approached  with  all  its  dismal  horrors — the  horizon 
wa*  obscun^i  by  black  and  angry  lookiufj;  clouds,  and 
about  midmii;'  t  tiie  rain  commenced  falUnj;  in  torrents, 
attend<'d  witli  f  ijibtl'ul  pealn  (tf  thunder,  and  unro- 
mittuh'-  streams  of  lijihtninj:;  !—  but,  (hiring  the  nhole 
©f  this  long  .iiwl  dt«mal  ni^ht  with  all  its  atttndiriu;  hor- 
rors, iVlrs.  K.  and  myself  were  constantly  upon  our 
knees,  supplicriting  the  mercy  of  that  God, 

*'  VVho  rides  upnn  the  stormy  winds, 
And  manages  the  seas." 

Dayii^ht  returned,  but  only  to  present  to  our  view 
an  additional  scene  ot  horror — one  of  the  poor  sea- 
men  /(vercome  by  fuij^ue,  was  discovered  hanging 
lifeless  hy  sonif  part  of  I  he  rijzgiufT — his  mortal  remains 
were  commi(ted  to  the  deep — as  this  was  the  lirst  in- 
stance of  entombing  a  human  body  in  the  ocean,  that 
I  had  ever  witnessed,  the  melancholy  scene  made  a 
deep  impression  on  my  mind,  as  1  expected  such  e- 
ventually  would  be  mv  own  fate  ! 

At  (),  A.  M.  our  depressed  spirits  wer«  a  iittl-s  re- 
vived by  the  appearance  of  a  sad  standing  toward  us  ; 
whirb  proved  to  be  an  American,  who  reaained  in 
company  with  us  until  the  next  morning;  when,  in 
consequence  of  the  roughness  of  the  sea,  being  una- 
ble lo  adord  us  any  assistance,  they  leit  us 

It  v^orjld  be  impossible  for  me  to  attempt  to  describo 
the  feelings  of  ail  on  board  'in  This  moment,  on  seeing 
00  unexpectedly  vinish,  the  pleasing  hope  of  being 
rescut'd  by  this  vessel,  from  our  perilous  situation. 
As  the  only  human  means  to  prolong  our  miserable 
exisience  a  tent  of  spare  canvass  was  erected  by  the 
ship's  crew  on  the  forecastle,  and  all  on  board  put  on 
the  short  allowance  of  a  quarter  of  a  biscuit  a  day. 
On  thte  8th  February  (the  gale  still  continuing)  a  brig 


ti 


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12 


SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERINGS 


li 


was  seen  to  leeward  bat  at  a  great  distance,  and  io  the 
afternoon  the  same  brig  (as  was  supposed)  was  seen 
to  the  windward.  Capt.  Kendall  ordered  a  signal  of 
distress  to  be  made,  and  we  soon  had  the  satisfaction 
to  see  the  brig  approacli  us  within  hail,  and  inquire 
very  distinctly  of  C*»pt.  K.  how  long  he  had  been  in 
that  situation,  and  what  he  intended  to  do — if  he  in- 
tended leaving  the  ship?  to  which  he  r«iplied,  ♦'yes, 
with  God's  assistance," — but,  alas  the  Almighty,  for 
his  own  wise  and  good  purpo><es,  saw  (it  once  more, 
to  disappoint  us  in  our  expectations  of  relief ! — night 
approaching,  and  the  gale  still  prevailing  to  that  de- 
gree that  no  boat  could  have  flouted  in  the  water,  we 
saw  no  more  of  the  brig  I 

All  on  board  were  now  reduced  to  the  most  deplor- 
able state  imaginable  I  our  miserable  bodies  were 
gradually  perishing,  and  the  disconsolate  spirits  of  the 
poor  sailors  (who  were  probably  like  too  many  ol 
their  seafaring  brethren,  strangers  to  prayer)  over- 
powered by  ihe  horrible  prospects  of  st-irving  with* 
out  any  appearance  of  relief! — as  tor  myself,  altho* 
I  was  aot  insensible  that  in  our  deplorable  situation  I 
had  f\^  much  to  apprehend  as  juiy  other  one  on  board, 
yet  tny  spirits  were  probably  more  buoyed  up  by  the 
reflection  that  the  greatest  afllictions  .vhich  we  meet 
with,  are  often  productive  of  the  greatest  blessings, 
and  that  they  are  the  means  wnicha  merciful  Creator 
often  makes  use  of  to  bring  souls  to  the  knowledge  of 
Jesus. 

February  the  11th.  another  vessel  was  discovered 
at  the  northward,  and  the  signal  of  distress  again  made, 
but  without  any  eflect,  as  she  did  not  alter  her  course, 
and  was  soon  out  of  sight,  We  had  now  arrived  at 
an  awful  crisis — our  provisions  were  all  consumed, 
and  hunger  and  thirst  began  to  select  their  victims  ! — 
on  the  I2th,  James  Gjarke,  a  seaman,  died  of  no  other 
complaint  (as  was  judged)  than  the  weakness  caused 


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•^i>~»w 


mmi  I    »M » 


■  >*il     «»M 


OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


13 


md  Id  the 
was}  seen 
signal  oi* 
itisfaction 
d  inquire 
3  been  in 
-if  he  in- 
}d,  '*  yes, 
lighty,  for 
ice  more, 
it ! — night 
o  that  de- 
water,  we 

ist  deplor- 
dies  were 
pits  of  the 
0  many  oi 
er)    over- 
ing  with* 
If,  altho* 
situation  I 
on  board, 
up  by  the 
we   meet 
blessings, 
il  Creator 
owledge  of 

liscovered 
gain  made, 
er  course, 
arrived  at 
consumed, 
victims  ! — 
of  no  other 
ess  caused 


by  famine  ;  whose  body,  after  reading  prayers,  was 
committed  to  the  deep — and  on  the  22d,  John  Wilson, 
another  searqan,  fell  a  victim  to  starvation  !— as  the 
calls  of  hunger  had  now  become  too  importunate  to 
be  resisted,  it  is  a  fact,  although  shocking  to  relate, 
that  we  were  re('uced  to  the  awful  extremity  to  at- 
tempt to  support  cur  feeble  bodies  a  while  longer  by 
subsisting  on  the  dead  body  of  th^  deceased— it  was 
cut  into  slices,  then  washed  in  salt  water,  and  after 
bemg  exposed  to  and  dried  a  little  in  tha  sun,  was  ap- 
portioned to  epich  of  the  mi  erable  survive rs,  who 
partook  of  it  as  a  sweot  morsel — from  this  revolting 
food  I  abstained  for  24  hours,  when  I  too,  was  com- 
pelled by  hunger,  to  .'ollow  their  example'  Alas,  how 
often  in  my  childhood  Iiav3  I  read  accounts  of  sea-far- 
ing people,  and  others,  bavin;:;  beeri  driven  to  the  avvfui 
alternative  of  ei:Lcr  ctarvin^,  or  to  ssatis^fy  the  crav- 
ings of  nature,  ^uboistiij;^  en  rjuoirn  fesh.  or  the  dead 
carcases  of  the  oeincat  uniLnls  tout  were  to  be  ob- 
tained !  accounts  which  ai'o  pretty-  [generally  discredit- 
ed by  those  who  have  :  ot  b.-'.en  placed  in  a  similar 
situation — but  to  sr^h  an  a»vi:il  exiremity,  1  can  as- 
sure my  cliri'.t'.'in  re-wJcr:*,  v^as  I  and  my  wretched 
companions  noa'  rv'^duoed  !'  This  is  indeed,  the  height 
of  misjcry,  yet  such  wr.s  cur  c^eplorable  case  ;  ive 
eyed  each  other  Vfl-.h  mnurnf:!  and  mehmcholy  looks, 
as  may  be  supposed  of  people  perishing  with  hunger 
and  thirst  ;  by  all  of  whom  it  was  now  perceived  that 
we  h<id  nothing  to  hope  Irom  human  aid,  buf  only  from 
the  mercy  of  tho  Aimighty,  whose  ways  are  unsearch- 
able— no  did  I  fail  almost  constantly  to  implore  his 
me  icy 


*  r 


}    ^ 


» 

I 


•In  thfrt  moment  "  with  sincere  intent, 


To  prayer,  repentance,  and  obedience  due  ; 
Mine  ear  could  not  be  slow,  mine  eye  not  ehuti 


■'TPf-^ 


14 


SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERINGS 


And  I  did  place  within  them  as  a  guide 

Mine  umpire  conscience — whom,  if  I  will  hear, 

That  long  suff-ring  hour  was  my  day  of  grace.'' 

On  the  23d.  J.  Moore,  another  seaman  died,  whose 
hody  was  committed  to  the  doep  after  taking  thenv 
from  the  liver  and  heart,  whicli  was  reserved  for  oin 
subsistence — and  in  the  course  of  twelve  d;iys  after 
(during  which  our  miseries  continued  without  any  al- 
leviation^ the  foIlov.'ing  peij^oiis  fell  victims  to  fatigue 
and  bun^or,  t)  wit,  Henry  Davis  and  Jol)n  Jones, 
cabin  ho\^s,  James  Frier,  cook,  Alexarider  Kelly, 
Daniel  Joviaes,  John  Hutchiru-on  and  John  Jarr.ps,  sea- 
men— the  heart-piercing  l;i?.>'-rtntions  of  these  poor 
creatures  (dying  for  the  want  of  sustenance)  was  di?- 
tre^sirjg  beyond  conception  ;  .-oir.*)  of  tliern  expired 
raving  mad,  crying  out  lahir^r.r.bly  ior  wnter  ! — liutch- 
inson,  who,  it  apperired,  had  isft  a  onru^Tous  family 
in  Europe,  talked  of  his  wife  and  cb;Idron  as  if  they 
were  present — rej^ealino;  \\\e.  Dr'aies  it'the  latter,  and 
begged  of  them  tobekiniUo  their  poor  mother,  who, 
he  represented,  was  abo'it  to  be  separated  from  hici 
forever!  Jcnej?  became  delirious  Uvo  or  thr(^e  days 
before  his  (ieath,  and  in  liis  ravin£:s,  rein-oached  his 
wife  and  children  as  well  as  his  (ivinci;  cemp-mioiis 
present,  with  being  the  autliors  of  his  extreme  suf- 
ferings, by  depriving  him  of  tbod,  and  in  r<;fu!-ing  him 
even  asi|^i^ledrop  of  water,  with  wljich  to  mo  sten  his 
parched  lips  I  and,  indeed,  such  now  n-  s?  the  thirst 
of  those  who  were  but  in  a  little  bett.^r  coiHiilion,  that 
they  were  driven  to  the  melancho'v,  distress fu!  hor- 
rid  act  (to  procure  their  blood)  of  cutt-nE  tlic  throats 
of  their  deceased  companions  a  momei.t  after  the 
breath  of  life  had  lelt  their  bodies  ! 

In  the  untimely  exit  of  no  one  of  the  unhappy  suf- 
ferers was  I  30  sensibly  effected,  a*  in  thut  ol"  he  un- 
fortunate youth,  James  Frier — for  in  the  welfare  of 


„wmjaC~ 


M 


5S 


II  hear, 

[race."' 

died,  whose 
ikin^  then^- 
rved  for  our 
'e  days  after 
hunt  Hfiy  al- 
m^  to  fatigue 
Fobn    Jones, 
uder  Kellv, 
J;ur.ps,  sea- 
r  th»^?;e  poor 
c.e)  was  die- 
em  expired 
r  1 — Hutcb- 
Tous  family 
n  a5  if  thoy 
i  hitter,  and 
other,  who, 
mI  from  him 
Ihrp.e  days 
roached  his? 
coii'ip  nnioiis 
X Ire  me  suf- 
(:fu^inir  him 
mo  5-ten  his 
!?  the  thirst 
)(iition,  that 
essfti!  hor- 
tlie  throat:^ 
>t  after  the 

ihappr  suf- 
t  of  he  iin- 
wtlfare  of 


OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


!5 


none  on  board  did  I  feel  myself  so  immediately  inter- 
ested, as  the  reader  may  judge,  from  the  circumstan- 
ces  that  1  ehall  mention.  I  have  already  stated,  that 
with  this  ill-fated  young  man,  I  became  intimately  ac- 
quainted in  Liverpool— >to  me  he  had  early  made  pro- 
testations of  love,  and  more  than  once  intimated  an 
inclination  to  select  me  as  the  partner  of  his  bosom  ; 
and  never  had  I  any  reason  to  doubt  his  sincerity — it 
was  partly  by  his  solicitations  that  I  had  been  induced 
to  comply  with  the  wishes  of  Mrs.  Kendall,  to  ac- 
company her  in  this  unfortunate  voy  ge  ;  in  the 
course  of  which,  by  frequent  interviews,  my  attach- 
ment for  this  unfortunate  youth  was  rath  ^^r  increased 
than  diminished ;  and  before  this  dreadful  calamity 
befell  us,  he  had  obtained  my  consent,  and  we  had 
mutually  agreed  and  avowed  to  each  other  our  deter- 
mination to  unite  in  marriage,  as  soon  as  we  should 
reach  our  destined  port !  judge  then,  my  christian  fe- 
male readers  (for  it  is  you  that  can  best  judge)  what 
must  have  been  my  feelings,  to  see  a  youth  for  whom 
i  bad  formed  an  indiesolnble  attachment — bim  witk 
whom  I  expected  so  soon  to  be  joined  in  wedlock^ 
and  to  spend  the  remainder  of  my  da^s,  expiring  be- 
fore my  eyes,  for  the  want  of  that  sustenance  which 
■ature  requires  for  the  support  of  life,  and  which  it 
was  not  in  my  power  to  afford  him !  and  myself  at  the 
same  moment  so  far  reduced  by  hunger  and  thirst,  as 
to  be  driven  to  the  horrid  alternative  to  preserve  my 
own  hfe  (O  •  God  of  Heaven  !  the  lamentable  fact  is 
known  to  thee,  and  why  should  I  attempt  to  conce4 
it  from  the  world  ?)  to  plead  my  claim  to  the  greater 
portion  of  his  precious  blood,  as  it  oozed  half  con- 
gealed from  the  wound  inflicted  upon  his  lifeless  bo- 
dy!! !  Oh,  this  was  a  bitter  cup  indeed  !  but  it  was 
God's  will  that  it  thoiild  not  pass  me — and  God^s  will 
must  he  done.  O,  it  was  a  chastening  rod,  that  h^s 
been  the  meant  f  fllitof  wtnoing  me  forerer  froi» 


!! 


U   11 


16 


SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERINGS 


all  the  vain  enjoj-ments  of  this  frail  world  ;  and  of 
fixing  ray  hopes  and  trust  in  the  merits  of  Jesus— ftnil 
although  I  have  been  made  to  drink  deep  of  the  cup 
of  affliction,  never  will  I  forget  the  unbounded  raercy 
and  goodness  of  God.  in  preserving  my  hfe,  in  raising 
me  from  the  depths  of  wo,  and  putting  a  song  of  praf^fe 
into  my  mouth  I 

"  Though  I  walk  through  the  gloomy  vale. 
Where  death  and  all  its  terrors  are  ; 

My  heart  and  hope  shall  never  fail, 

For  God  my  Shepherd's  with  me  there." 


*  Think  mortal,*  says  the  poet,  *  what  it  is  to  die,* 
—but  1  would  add,  think  how  distressing  it  must  be 
to  see  those  whom  we  tenderly  love,  die  before  oiTr 
eyes  :  die  agonized  with  pain,  after  languishing  with 
lingering  disease,  and  without  being  able  to  contribute 
to  their  ease,  or  add  one  moment  to  their  existence  t 
In  view  of  the  melancholv  circumstance  that  I  have 
just  described,  1  call  upon  all,  and  especially  those 
who  traverse  the  deep,  seriously  to  consider  the  un» 
e?ertainty  of  life,  and  the  importance  of  being  pre- 
pared for  death.  One  who  was  in  the  bloom  and  vi- 
gor of  life  but  a  few  days  previous,  was  thus  in  an 
unexpected  manner,  ushered  into  the  unseen  worlds! 
He  was  expecting  soon  to  change  his  relation  in  life, 
but  death  suddenly  blasted  his  hopes,  and  prevented 
our  anticipated  union — thus  man  nppoints,  but  God 
oftf  n  disappoints  us  of  our  most  flattering  prospecffe 
©f  an  earthly  nature. 

As  a  proof  that  my  almost  constant  supplications  for 
(he  mercy  of  Him,  who  *  has  power  alone  lo  hush 
the  boisterous  seas^  and  to  set  the  shipwrecked  marc- 
ner  free,'  were  of  some  avail,  I  ought  not  to  witbi* 
hold  from  my  readers  a  knowledge  of  the  fact^  ih«it 


•"taJIBIi 


«f»(i  '.Ug' 


■  m"  mil 


III'!  iijl|i|«  JR'J'" 


>rld  ;  and  of 
Jesua— ftn3 
of  the  cup 
nded  mercy 
I'e,  in  raising 
ng  of  prar^e 


^  vale, 
re  ; 


OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


J7 


there. 


97 


it  is  to  (He/ 

g  it  must  be 

before   o^fr 

lishing  with 

)  contribute 

existence  t 

that  I  have 

cially  those 

der  the  un» 

being  pre- 

om  and  vi- 

thus   in  an 

2en  world  ;i 

tion  in  life, 

prevented 

,   but  God 

prospeclfe 

icatione  for 
ne  to  hush 
eked  marc- 
ot  to  with.* 
i  fact^  th«lt 


i 


"4 


wJaile  almost  every  other  person  on  board  were  ren- 
dered 80  weak,  by  their  extreme,  sufferina;?  and  dei 
privations,  as  to  be  unable  to  stand  upon  their  feet, 
or  even  to  detach  from  the  lifeless  bodies  of  their 
unfortunate  companions  that  food  which  was  now  na- 
ture's only  support,  the  Almighty,  in  mercy  to  me, 
endowed  me  with  not  o  dy  strength  and  ability  to  ex- 
hort the  poor  wretches  to  unite  in  prayer,  and  to 
prepare  their  precious  souls  for  eternity,  but  to  per- 
form this  office  for  them,  for  which  purpose  I  con* 
Stantly  carried  about  with  me  a  knife,  with  which  I 
daily  detached  and  preseitted  each  with  a  proportion- 
able quantity  of  this  their  only  food  !  my  poor  unfor- 
tunate female  companion  (Vfrs.  Kendall,  who  never 
failed  to  unite  with  me  in  prayer)  seemed  too  to  en- 
joy with  me  a  share  of  God's  great  mercy — but  the 
reader  may  judge  to  what  extremity  of  want  we  all 
must  have  been  driven,  when  she,  two  days  before  we 
wore  relieved,  was  compelled  by  hunger  to  eat  the 
brains  of  one  of  the  seamen — declaring  in  the  mean 
time  that  it  was  the  most  delicious  thing  she  ever  tast- 
ed !  and,  what  is  st'.ll  more  melancholy  to  relate,  the 
Unfortunate  person  whose  brains  she  vvas  thus  com- 
pelled to  subside  on,  had  (agreeable  to  his  declaration) 
been  three  times  wrecked  before,  but  providentially 
picked  up  by  a  vessel  after  being  once  22  days  on  thj? 
>?reck — but,  in  the  present  instance,  he  perished  after 
surviving  similar  sufferings  for  the  space  of  29  day$, 
and  then  became  food  for  his  surviving  shipmates  ! 

Abo'it  the  26th  February,  an  English  brig  hove  ip 
sight,  on  which  the  usual  signals  of  distress  were  made, 
and,  although  the  winds  had  become  less  boisterous, 
and  the  sea  more  smooth,  to  our  inexpressible  grief, 
she  did  not  approach  to  afford  us  any  assistance  ! — our 
longing  eyes  followed  her  until  she  was  out  of  sight ; 
leaving  us  in  a  situation  doubly  calamitous  from  our 
disappointment  in  not  receiving  the  relief  which  ap- 


!  >J 


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'aJjJLi.^-.^- ./_■.!,. 


|)HIL(|.H!!'"X1 — g! 


18 


SHIPWRECK  &  SUFFERINGS 


peared  so  near,  and  the  wretched  uncertainty  of  the 
approach  of  any  other  veasel,  in  time  to  save  our  ex« 
istence  ;  our  hopes  vanished  with  the  brig,  and  from 
the  highest  summit  of  expectation,  they  now  (with 
most  of  the  survivors)  sunk  into  a  state  of  the  most 
dismal  despair!  nature  indeed  seemed  now  to  have 
abandoned  her  functions  !  never  could  human  beings 
be  reduced  to  a  more  wretched  situation  ;  my  read- 
ers must  have  been  a  witness  of  it  to  form  any  ade- 
quate idea  of  our  distress,  and  that  which  1  am  attempts 
ing  nowto  describe,  falls  infinitely  short  of  the  reati^ 
tj !  more  than  two  thirds  of  the  crew  had  already 
nerished,  and  the  surviving  few,  weak,  distracted,  and 
destitute  of  almost  every  thing,  envied  the  fate  of 
those  whose  lifeless  corpses  no  longer  wanted  susten- 
clnce.  The  sense  of  hunger  was  almost  lost,  but  a 
parching  thirst  consumed  our  vitals!  our  mouths  had 
become  po  dry  for  want  of  moisture  for  three  or  four 
cLiys,  that  vve  were  obliged  to  wjjsh  them  every  few 
hours   with  salt   water,  to   prevent  our  lips  glueing 


f 


i1 


]  I  •>"r M ' «,'  - ii 


iV  ■  rM'V     ^■  .  ;i' 


"rrj"  »',',  «"■• 


Being,  with  being  unjustly  the  author  of  their  wretch^ 
^dness.  I  exerted  the  feeble  powers  which  God  ii> 
mercy  had  left  me,  to  exhort  them  to  have  recourse  to 
Heaven,  to  alleviate  their  misery,  and  to  trust  in  Him, 
who  alone  was  able  to  save  us.  The  day  previous  to 
our  being  relieved,  I  collected  the  poor  creatures  up- 
on the  quarter  deck,  and  kneeling  down  among  them, 
poured  out  my  soul  in  prayer  to  God,  that  he  would, 
in  bis  infinite  goodness,  have  mercy  on  us,  and  spare 
our  lives  1 — truly  I  can  say,  the  Spirit  of  God  was  in 
my  soul !  nor  can  I  express  the  half  of  what  he  then 
TQvealed  to  me — a  voice  seemed  to  whisper  me  '  thy 
prayers  are  heard,  fear  not,  for  I  am  with  thee  ;^  no^ 
could  I  conceal  my  joyful  sensations  from  my  suffer'^ 


[>•♦ 


V  "■:■ 


';i 


;^- 


nl}'  of  the 
re  our  ex* 

and  from 
low   (with 

the  most 
»jv  to  have 
lan  beings 

my  read- 
1  any  ade- 
m  attempt^ 

the  reali- 
id  already 
•acted,  and 
he  fate  of 
ted  susten- 
lost,  but  a 
[loiiths  had 

ec  or  four 

every  f«w 

j)8  glueing 


OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


u> 


!»"    »'•' 


ir  wretch^ 
ch  God  in 
ecourse  to 
j8t  in  Him^ 
previous  to 
ature?  up- 
[loog  them, 
he  would, 
and  spare 
od  was  in 
lat  he  then 
r  me  *  thy 
hee  ;'  nor. 
my  suffer*, 


^'^ 


t'^T^-i, 


l>-». 


ens;  companions,  expressing  to   them  my  confidence 
thiatielief  was  nigh,  and 

**  Hope  now  revived,  that  we  o«^ce  more^ 
Should  see  our  longed  for  native  shore  ^ 
And  all  the  powers^  of  science  fail, 
The  raptures  of  my  soul  to  tell.'' 

Early  in  the  morning  of  the  7th  March,  a  sail  WJ^s 
discovered  to  windward — the  ship's  crew  (with  my 
assistance)  made  all  the  signals  of  distress  that  the 
little  remaining  streiij>;th  of  their  bodies  would  enable 
them  to  do  ;  they  were  indeed  the  last  efforts  of  ex- 
piring nature — but,  pr  lised  be  God,  yea,  ever  ought 
we  ti>  praise  Him,  for  his  mercy  eiidureth  forever— 
the  hour  of  our  deliverance  brid  now  arrived  1 !  the 
shipwjis  soon  within  hail  (which  proved  to  be  hjs 
Majesty's  ship  Blonde,  Lird  Byron)  when  her  bogkt 
was  manned  and  setjt  to  our  relief 

It  worijdbe  in  vain  (as  my  christian  readers  must 
suppose)  tor  me  to  attempt  to  describe  our  feelings  at 
this  moment,  or  those  manifested  bv  our  deliverers, 
When  they  discovered  who  we  were,  and  what  our 
miserable  situation  ;  and  that  th^y  had  arrived  ij\ 
season  to  r  scue  six  jf  their  fellow  creatures  from  ^ 
most  awful  but  certain  death !  My  companions  ifi 
misery,  who  for  three  or  four  of  the  preceding  diivs 
had  been  ordy  able  to  crawl  about  the  deck  upon  their 
hands  and  knees,  now  became  so  animated  at  thp 
prospect  of  relief,  as  to. raise  themselves  erect,  an^ 
with  uplifted  frauds  returned  thuiks  to  their  Almighty 
preserver  1  And  O,  the  mingled  sounds  of  prayer  imil 
praise,  from  tuose  whose  hearts  had  probably  until 
within  a  few  weeks  been  at  enmity  with  God,  was  tp 
tne  mo'-e  pleasing  than  the  ''  music  of  the  spheres  J^ 

When  relieved,  but  a  small  part  of  the  body  of  tb# 
Ihfl  persoD  deceased  remained,  and  this  I  had  caiii^ 


20 


SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERIxNGS 


usual  into  slices  and  spread  on  the  qnarler  deck  ; 
which  being  noticed  by  the  Lieutenant  of  the  Blonde 
(yrho  with  others  had  been  dispatched  from  the  ship 
to  our  relief)  and  before  we  had  time  to  state  to  him 
to  what  extremities  we  had  been  driven,  lie  observed 
"you  have  yet,  1  perceive,  fresh  me, it!''  but  his 
horror  can  be  better  conceired  than  de>cribed  when 
he  was  informed  that  what  he  saw,  wa^  tiio  remains 
of  the  dead  body  of  one  of  our  unforturiate  compan- 
ions, and  thiton  this,  oar  only  remaining  food,  it  was 
our  intention  lo  have  put  ourselves  on  an  allowance. 
the  ensuing  evening,  had  not  unerring  Providence 
directed  him  to  our  relief. 

When  we  reached  the  Blonde,  the  narrative  of  our 
sufferings,  as  well  as  a  view  of  our  weak  and  emacia- 
ted bodies,  caused  tears  to  bedew  those  faces  which 
probably  are  not  used  to  turn  pale  at  the  approach  of 
death.  By  Lord  Byron,  and  his  officers  ami  crew,  we 
were  treated  with  all  possible  kindness  and  Immanity; 
insomuch  that  we  soon  gained  our  streuitth  to  that  de- 
gree, as  to  be  able  in  ten  days  after  to  u:o  on  board  of 
a  VMSS(»I  spoken,  bound  to  Europe  ;  and  it  was  on  the 
2()ta  Mnrch  followina;  that  I  was  landed  in  sa^'etv  at 
Port-mouth,  where  for  twelve  days  1  was  treated  with 
that  hospitality,  by  both  sexes,  as  ouii;ht  not,  and  I 
tru^t  will  not  pass  Without  its  merited  revvar<J  ;  and  on 
ih*^  5'1»  April  following,  I  was  conveyed  by  my  chris- 
tian {Vi<=>nds  «nd  restored  to  the  arms  of  my  <iear  mo- 
ther, aft  T  an  ab'^ence  of  nearly  five  months  ;  in  wliich 
time.  1  thmk  I  ran  truly  say,  I  had  witnessed  and  en- 
dured more  of  the  heavy  judgments  and  afflictions  of 
this  world,  than  any  other  of  its  female  inhabitants. 

And,  haviui^  been  thus  by  a  kind  and  protecting 
Providrtuce,  mercifully  preserved  to  rejoin  once  more 
my  kindred  friends  and  acquaintances,  and  to  declare 
to  'hvim  what  wonderful  things  God  had  done  for  me, 
pod  now  favored  with  the  blessed  priviiedge  of  conf^- 


iu 


•mmmmSSS 


GS 


OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


21 


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larler  deck  ; 
f  the  Blonde 
Tom  the  sliip 
)  stnte  to  him 

he  observed 
.t!"  but  his 
crihed  when 

tlio  remains 
lite  compan- 
^  food,  it  was 
an  allowance 
;  Providence 

Tative  of  our 
and  eraacia- 
faces  which 
a p{) roach  of 
mil  crew,  we 
ui  humanity; 
h  to  thatde- 
on  hoard  of 
t  was  on  the 
in  safety    at 
treated  with 
t  not,    and  I 
\Ti\  ;  nnd  on 
.^y  niy  chris- 
ny  <lfear  mo- 
»s  ;  in  wliich 
sed  and  en- 
afflictions  of 
nhabitants, 
1   protecting 
n  once  mort; 
d  to  declare 
one  for  me, 
dge  of  com- 


tnunlng  at  his  table  ;  I  should  deem  it  unpardonable 
were  1  to  remain  silent,  ;»nfl  not  thus  publicly  declare 
to  the  world  what  comforts  the  religion  of  a  blessed 
Saviour  afforded  me,  during  my  most  severe  afflictions 
-—and  to  exhort  both  old  and  young  not  to  delay,  but 
to  attend  im  nt'jdiatelv  to  the  concerns  of  their  imtnor- 
lal  souls!  O  think,  mv  dear  christian  friends,  how  on- 
r-ortain  is  hf  .•-  and  what  a  serioiis  thing  it  is  to  do  !  — 
to  be  ushurcd  unexpeciedly  and  unprepured  into  the 
presence  «)f  thf  Almighty  God!  that,  this  is  possible, 
you  must  b-'  satisfied  from  what  you  have  just  read» 
of  the  awfui  and  untnneiy  exits  of  the  poor  mortals, 
whose  mel.iocliol ;'  fite  1  have  recorded  in  the  pre- 
reding  pagijs  ;  — tiipse  were  men  bred  to  the  seas,  and 
many  of  th.'iu  no  doubt  addicted  to  those  vices  pecu- 
liar to  too  gre  U  a  portion  of  that  class  of  pe'ople — of 
this  in  the  course  of  the  voyage  they  exhibited  too 
many  melancholy  proofs,  by  impiously  bhtT^pheming 
that  God,  who  in  a  few  days  after,  in  the  bitterest 
cries,  they  were  bes^echini:;  for  mercy  ! 

As  sn<-h  were  principally  my  late  companions  in 
misery,  it  may  not  be  t'.eemed  unimportant  that  I  hefe 
impart  to  them  a  few  words  of  aflvice. — O  if  I  can 
with  Go.!  s  assistance  be  instrumental  in  eflectina:  a 
reform  r ion  and  in  saving  their  precious  souls,  then 
indeed  hive  I  still  greater  cause  to  exclaim,  "it  was 
good  for  v'S  that  we  were  afilicted."  Surely  the  God 
who  mado  lb.'  s<  as,  and  those  vviio  Sfij!  upon  it  is  not 
willing  that  ar»y  man  should  perish, — not  willing  that 
any  poor  unlj-ippy  seamen  should  make  everlasting 
shipwreck  of  his  soul.  The  Lord  you  must  be  sen^ 
>ibl3  has  been  peculiarly  merciful  to  you,  for  while 
some  one  of  your  poor  unfortunate  companions  were 
almost  dad/  expirmg  before  your  eye?,  he  has  been 
|*leased  in  his  tender  mercy  to  spare  your  lives,  and 
fo  restore  you  to  your  families  and  friend*  ? — many 
irereiithe  pi  umisco  th.ti   you  then  made,  and  you  Qan- 


I 


i 


^!mM»f% 


'ft 


1^ 


SHIPWRECK  k  SUFFERINGS 


not  noiv  be  insensible  of  your  duty  to  perform  them 
—can  you  fail  to  love  that  God  who  has  done  so  much 
for  you  ?  Oh,  no,  1  ihink  you  cannot,  a  recollection 
of  his  goo(lnef<s  1  think  must  lead  you  to  repentance. 
'*  Eye  hath  not  s<een,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have  en- 
tered into  the  hearts  of  man,  the  tbifigs  which  God 
hath  prepared  f-^r  them  that  love  him."  Be  assured 
that  however  uncertain  and  dangerous  your  occupa- 
tions, if  you  (Iways  prefer  Jesus  for  your  companion, 
while  tossing  on  the  ocean's  wave,  von  have  nought 
fo  fear — when  your  toilsome  days  are  here  tinished., 
it  is  him  who  vviil  safely  pilot  you  to  that  peaceful  ha- 
ven of  rest,  where  all  shall  arrive  taat  love  the  Lord, 
y^^pd  never  mure  depart. 


Ti 


"  There  is  a  land  of  glorious  rest, 
Where  pure  and  happy  spirits  rove, 

For  ever  and  for  ever  blest, 
The  land  of  spotless  joy  and  love. 

O  yes,  there  is  a  land  of  rest, 
Free  from  corroding  grief  and  care  ; 

No  storms,  nor  dangers  there  molest, 
No  discord  once  shall  enter  there. 


The  land  of  rest,  the  land  of  joj, 

Where  quenchless  glory  meet  and  $bille, 

And  tit  for  angels  its  employ, 
For  all  its  pleasures  are  divine. 

There  is  no  land  of  rest  beside,— 

But  where  is  thi^  blest  region  found  ? 
It  19  not  bound  by  ocean  tide, 
■1^,   It  is  not  upon  earthly  groimclff 


OP  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


m 


rm  thfim 
so  much 
dUection 
entance. 
have  en- 
lich  God 
!  assured 

occupa- 
mpanion, 
e  nought 

finished,, 
iceful  h li- 
the Lord, 


'Tis  where  bright  angeU  sweep  the  lyre, 
And  spirits  of  the  juiit  repose  ; 

'Tis  where  the  seraph's  living  fire 
With  undimiBished  ardor  glows. 

Blest  land,  naethinks  t  see  thee  now, 
Ail  smiling  in  perennial  bloom. 

With  rapture  throw'd  on  every  brow, 
And  Bowers  that  breathe  divine  perfume « 

Then  hail  to  thee,  thon  land  of  rest. 
And  hail  my  harpn  of  holiest  strains, 

And  hail  those  crowns  that  grace  the  blest^ 
Who  rove  along  the  happy  plains, 

But  ah  !  that  land  of  rest  is  far,  ■«!^ 
And  dark  and  trackless  is  the  rond  j. 

Vet  //o/;c,  a  briglil  and  glorious  ?tar, 
rojnlji  onward  to  thfl  d<?Pj'  iihofl^s 


.j»' 


J 


sw 


e  ' 


shiA^e* 


dj 


Then  what  thoi%b  stormy  be  the  way, 
Though  winds  and  surges  beat  and  roar^ 

They  only  drive  from  earth  away,        ^* 
And  urge  to  that  celestial  f^hove ;  ^ 

And  'mid  the  storm  that  voice  is  best, 

That  whispers,  •  There's  a  Land  of  Rest.'  ^' 

Nor  is  it  less  important  for  every  other  class  of 
people,  both  old  ?md  young,  to  be  prepared  for  that 
important  event,  when  they  shall  be  summoned  to 
exchange  worlds — but,  alas,  how  few  are  there  among 
•IS  who  live  as  if  sensible  of  this  importrtnt  fact — how 
few  are  willing  to  yield  the  sensual  gratifications  of  the 
present  time  and  enjoy  the  permanent  joys  of  regular 


■"«w»y' 


I  ill  'nniii  imn 


il 


MORAL  UKFLKCTIONS,  kc, 


«in»l  virtuous  pursuits  !  The  knowl(jd)L!;(}  ol'  the  cer- 
tainty that  all  must  die,  and  that  the  passinji;  hour  may 
be  the  last,  ought  to  convince  the  unsteady  and  itn- 
inoral  of  the  propriety  and  importance  of  spending; 
some  [jortion  of  lite  in  preparation  for  deuth.  In  ihe 
morniuf^  of  our  days,  before  wo  have  experi»^nced  the 
cares  and  sorrows  of  the  world,  we  ima'^me  ttie  pros- 
pect before  us  to  be  altogether  fair  and  beautiful — we 
suppose  the  path  of  life  lo  be  smooth  and  easy,  strew- 
ed with  roi^es,  where  no  thorn  is  found,  and  beset  on 
every  side  vvith  sources  of  enjoyment — but  no  sooner 
do  we  enter  on  this  path  than  we  tind  how  eij;re|2;iously 
we  were  deceived  ;  cares  and  toils,  in  const^ml  suc- 
cession, cloud  our  sky — the  tender  buds  of  hope  iu'e 
nipped  by  the  killing  frost  of  disappointment  ;  the  airy 
visions  of  youthful  expectation  are  dissolved  by  the 
touch  of  real  life — we  find  the  world  stored  with  few- 
er enjoymenta  than  we  imagined,  and  feel  willing  to 
acknowledge  that  ^*  there  is  nothing  true  but  lieavnnl" 


■3t 

1" 


*  There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest, 
To  mourning  wandVa||;|||kiven  ; 
There  is  a  tear  for  soiiWaistrest, 
A  balm  for  every  wounded  breast*^ 
'Tis  found  above — in  Heaven^ 

There  is  a  soft,  a  downy  bed, 
'Tis  fair  as  breath  of  even  ; 
A  couch  for  weary  mortals  spread, 
Where  they  may  rest  the  acting  head 
And  find  repose  in  Heaven^  g. 

There  is  a  house  for  weeping  souls^ 

By  sin  and  sorrow  driven  ; 

When  tost  on  life's  tempestuous  shoals, 


\ 


c, 

e  of  the  cer- 
inp;  liourinny 
te;i<lv  und  iiii- 
e  of  sj)endit»y, 
euth.     In  the 
neri«'nceJ  the. 
i^ine  the  \jros- 
hemititul— we 
,a  ertsy,Mre.vv- 
1,  and  beset  on 
-but  no  sooner 
ovv  enreo;iousl.y 
1  consftinl  suc- 
ds  of  hope  i\re 
rnent ;  the  airy 
ssolved  by  the 
ored  with  few - 
feel  willing  to 
e  but  Heaven: 

rest, 


5t, 
jast 


i? 


read, 


g 


head 


;ou 


Is. 


sboal$, 


OK  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS  25 

When  storms  arise  ,ind  ocean  rolls, 
And  all  is  dread —but  Heaven  ! 

There  faith  lifts  np  the  tearful  eye, 
The  heart  with  anguish  riven  ; 
And  views  the  tempest  passing  by, 
The  evening  shadows  quickly  tly 
And  all  serene  in-— Heaven. 

There  fragrant  flowers  immortal  bloom, 
And  joys  supreme  are  given  j,. 
There  rays  divine,  disperse  the  gloom, 
Beyond  the  confines  of  the  tomb. 
Appears  the  dawn  of  Heaven  ! 

Virtue  is  certainly  preferable  to  error,  even  in  this 
frail  state,  were  we  sure  no  future  rewards  would  be 
conferred.  But  if  we  extend  our  views  beyond  the 
boundaries  of  this  comfortless  world,  what  superior 
blessings  will  be  the  effects  of  a  life  devoted  to  piety 
and  religion!  With  si^h  inducementM^uch  positive 
assurances  as  these  how  inconsistent  iipian  not  to  at- 
tend to  the  dictates  and  injunctions  of  such  a  heaven- 
like institution.  Some  cautiously  avoid  religion  when 
jyoung  through  fear  of  being  ridiculed  by  their  ac- 
Uuaintauces  for  being  serious.  Are  we  ashamed  to 
iconfess  our  love  for  that  Fountain  from  whence  streams 
of  every  comfort  flow  ? — Are  we  unwilling  to  be  hap- 
py ?  Religion  does  not  indeed  preclude  any  satisfac- 
tory enjoyment ; — tt  leads  us  to  most  honourable  and 
l^raiseworthy  gratifications  that  vain  oature  can  bestow, 
►r  that  immaculate  heaven  can  ofier. 

Religion  prepares  the  mind  of  man  for  all  the  events 
>f  this  inconstant  state,  and  instructs  him  in  the  nature 
»f  true  happiness ;  early  vreans  hm  from  an  vndiie 


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lore  of  the  world  ;  afflictions  do  not  attack  him  bv 
surprise,  and  therefore  do  oot  overwhelm  him.  lie 
i»  equipped  for  the  storm,  as  weU  'a^  the  calm,  io  this 
dubious  navigation  of  life.  He  is  not  overcome  by 
disappointment,  when  that  which  is  mortal  dies  ;  when 
that  which  u  mutual  begins  to  change,  and  when  thai 
which  he  knew  to  be  transient,  passes  away. 

Religion  not  only  purities,  but  also  fortifies  the 
heart ;  »o  that  the  devout  man  is  neither  lifted  up  bv 
success,  nor  enervated  by  sensibility  ;  he  meets  ihf 
chaogee  in  his  lot  without  unmanly  dejection.  He  is 
«nured  to  temperance  and  restraint,  He  has  learneil 
firmness  and  self-command.  He  is  accustomed  to 
look  up  to  Supreme  Providence,  not  with  reyerence 
only,  but  with  trust  and  hope. 

*Obleet  Religion,  beav'nly  fair! 

Thy  kind  thy  healing  power, 
Can  sweeten  pain,  and  soften  care^ 

And  gild  each  gloomy  hour. 

Thy  sacied  dictates  can  assuage^ 

Tbwi  tempest  of  the  soul ; 
And  ev'ry  feir  shall  lose  its  rage^ 

At  thy  divine  controul. 


Through  hit  s  bewildered  darkso 
Thy  hand  unerring  leads  ; 

And  o'er  the  path,  thy  heavenly  ray, 
A  cheering  lustre  sheds. 

When  feeble  reason,  tir'd  and  blind; 

Sinks  helpless  and  afraid  ; 
Thou  blest  supporter  of  the  mind, 

How  poirerfal  is  thj  aidT 


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Im  him.  He 
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27 


All  opportunities  for  attending  to  religion, beside  the 
present,  are  totally  uncertain.  Nothing  is  more  com- 
mon than  procrastination  in  this  great  concern  ;  yet 
nothing  is  more  dangerous  ;  nothing  more  frequently 
fatal.  Thdt€07ivenient  season^  nei'er  present,  yet  ever 
in  imagination  near,  has  lured  thousands  to  their  eter- 
nal r«iii?.  The  young  are  too  generally  prone  to  ex- 
pect a  long  life,  and  to  flatter  themselves  that  they  will 
have  ^uflf'cient  opportunity  to  secure  religion  hereaf- 
ter, thoui;j;h  the  present  should  be  neglected.  Vain 
flatteries !  Delusive  expectations. — For  how  often  has 
fhe  j;iddy,  unprepared  youth  been  summoned  into 
eternity,  just  as  he  was  laying  the  deepest  plans,  and 
indulging  the  fondest  expectations,  of  worldly  happi- 
ness ?  O  the  unutterable  folly,  guilt  and  wretchedness 
of  such  a  case  !  Be  warned,  then,  ye  careless  youth, 
who  have  neglected  religion  hitherto,  and  neglect  it 
no  longer.  As  you  value  your  immortal  souls  ;  as  you 
vvould  not  pluck  down  ruin  on  your  heads,  procrasti- 
nate no  farther  the  all-important  business. 

My  dear  young  friends — we  are  all  dying  creatures. 
We  have  seen  niajy  of  our  friends  and  relatives  laid 
;n  the  grave  ;  many  as  young  as  ourselves  and  appar- 
ently as  likely  to  live.  Some  we  have  seen  carried 
off  by  long  and  lingering  diseases,  and  some  cut  down 
Suddenly  without  warning.  God  only  knows  when  we 
are  to  follow  them  into  the  eternal  world.  We  know 
not  the  day  of  our  death.  Our  times  are  in  God*s  hand. 
It  may  be  to  night.  We  are  certain  the  moment  of 
death  must  come.  We  are  certain  it  can  be  atnojireait 
distance  ;  but  we  know  not  how  near. 

it  is  a  great  thing  to  be  prepared  to  die  ;  to  collect 
fortitude  of  soul  to  pass  through  a  scene,  at  which  the 
«»toute8t  heart  is  appalled  ;  when  the  past  has  been 
filled  with  guilty  imperfection  in  the  best  of  our  race  5 
while  uncertain  futurity  covers  our  immortal  all.  It 
is  the  season  of  awful  anxiety  to  the  christian,  even 


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MORAL  REFLECTIONS,  &c. 


hen  he  expires  in  the  arms  of  weeping  friends  and 
sustained  with  the  hopes  of  triumphant  grace.  But 
it  demands  hiojher  gra(ies  of  evangehcal  perfection  to 
be  able  like  Paul  to  say  '  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offer- 
ed ;'  ofl'ered  as  a  sacrifice  on  the  altar  ;  offered  as  a 
martyr  in  the  cause  of  religion  ;  now  ready  not  only 
to  die,  but  also  to  expire  amidst  the  tortures  of  mer- 
ciless persecution. 

It  is  to  be  feared  that  there  is  little  of  this  prepar 
ation  for  death  in  our  depraved  world  Else  what 
«neansthat  attachment  to  the  vanities  of  time  to  the 
abandonment  of  a  heavenly  treasure?  W  hat  resem- 
blance is  there  in  the  conversation  of  men  of  the  worhi 
to  the  busines^s  and  hosannas  of  the  celestial  courts  ? 

The  busy  scenes  of  this  life  ought  not  to  expel  fron> 
our  minds  the  awiul  certainty  of  death — we  should 
remember  that  we  must  die  ;  that  soul  and  body  must 
be  parted,  he  one  to  return  to  dust,  the  other  to  ap^ 
pear  a  naked  spirit  before  the  presence  of  that  God, 
who  gave  it.  To  die.  is  one  of  the  most  weighty  and 
serious  things  that  ever  creatures  experience.  Deutii 
is  so  terrible  to  some  that  thev  cannot  bear  the  men- 
tion  of  the  name,  yet  none  can  avoid  the  thing.  Se- 
veral things  concur  to  make  it  the  king  of  terrors  ; 
strong  pains,  conflicts,  and  agonies  go  before;  fears 
and  terrors  attend  it ;  but  above  all,  it  is  very  solemn 
and  awful  in  its  consequences,  as  it  is  the  door  of  eter- 
nity ;  the  parting  point  between  this  world  and  ihat 
which  is  to  come  ;  the  utmost  line  and  boundary  o 
all  temporal  things,  translating  us  into  an  unknown 
world  of  spirits. 


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•*  Good  God  !  on  what  a  slender  thread 

Hang  everlasting  things  1 
The  eternal  state  of  all  the  dead, 

Upon  life's  feeble  strings. 


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>f  time  to  the 
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Infinite  joy  or  endless  wo  I 
Attend  on  every  breath  ; 

And  yet  how  unconcerned  we  go 
Upon  the  brink  of  death  !" 


29 


Ob,  what  a  strange  alteration  doth  death  m  ke  ia 
every  man's  condition  !  either  taking  him  from  ahouse 
and  lands,  friends,  honors  and  pleasures,  and  all  th 
concerns  and  enjoyments  of  this  world  ;  hurrying  him 
in  a  moment  into  the  land  of  darkness,  to  drink  in  the^ 
tierce  wrath  of  Almighty  God  forever,  or  translating 
him  into  the  presence  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to 
partake  of  his  happiness,  in  consummate,  ineffablei 
and  everlasting  glory  and  joy,  with  obedient  and  hap- 
py spirits. 

Alas  !  What  do  men  mean  by  loitering,  who  have 
these  amazing,  unchangeable  scenes  before  them!—- 
One  would  suppose  that  the  very  thoughts  of  death 
and  eternal  judgement,  should  keep  from  sleeping, 
and  fill  with  astonishment  all  who  are  not  by  faith  and 
holiness  prepared  for  the  comfortable  welcome  of  it, 
seeing  they  know  not  but  every  day  and  hour  may 
conclude  their  life,  and  when  they  shut  their  e^'es  al 
night,  they  may  never  open  them  again  but  in  cterni- 
ty.  What  solicitous  concerns  should  those  be  in  for 
Iheir  precious  and  immortal  souls,  who  have  so  much 
l^ailttobe  removed,  so  many  evil  dispositions  and  af- 
iections  to  be  mortilied,  so  many  holy  and  virtuoHs 
habits  to  attain,  and  so  many  temptations  from  within 
and  without  to  cvercotpe  ;  lest  death  should  come  un- 
expected  and  find  Ihcm  unprepared  ?  With  what  sor- 
rows will  the  review  of  our  past  lives  fill  us,  if  we 
are  thus  surprised  !  What  bitter  anguish  of  heart  is 
couched  in  those  expressions,  which  a  dying  person 
once  uttered  to  a  stander-by  ?  crying  out,  ♦  Oh  how 
liave  I  been  deceived  !  Oh,  that  I  had  thought  of  this 
iooner  I  Ob,  that  I  had  my  time  again  1  How  mad  wft 


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.MORAL  REFLECTIONS,  &c 


I  to  lead  so  sinful  and  careless  a  life  ?  What  will  be* 
come  of  my  miserable  soul !  Would  God  but  try  me 
once  again,  i  w/ould  never  do  as  I  have  hitherto  done.' 
N«w,  that  we  may  not  conclude  our  lives  with  such 
dismal,  fruitless  moans,  let  us  in  time  consider  o 
latter  end,  and  nevergive  our  souls  rest,  until  we  hav 
secured  their  happiness  by  an  interest  in  the  salvaf(( 
of  Jesus  Christ,  and  a  sincere  conformity  to  the  rules 
of  the  gospel.  Let  us  now  live  as  at  death  we  shall 
wish  we  had  done  ;  that  we  may  meet  our  last  end 
with  comfort,  and  only  desire  leave  to  die,  that  we 
may  enter  into  glory  and  happiness. 

alj  dear  young  friends^  as  much  as  possible,  avoid 
evil  company.  We  have  enough  to  do  to  struggle  with 
our  own  sinful  dispositions  and  propensities,  and  need 
not  the  continual  solicitRtion  and  examples  o^  others^ 
to  evil,  to  make  our  difficulties  greater.  Where  God 
IB  his  providence  hath  exposed  us  to  these  unavoida- 
ble inconveniences,  we  may  hope  for  special  assistance 
from  him  ;  but  if  we  run  ourselves  into  unnecessary 
dangers  and  temptntionf,  we  must  expect  to  reap  the 
fruits  of  our  own  folly  and  presumption.  It  was  one 
of  the  first  counsels  of  the  apostle  Peter  to  the  new 
converts  to  Christianity,  to  save  themselves  from  that 
untoward  generation.  And  certainly  the  advice  is  m 
needful  now  as  then,  when  a  general  contempt  of  God, 
and  religion,  so  much  abounds  among  diankind.  L«t 
this  sentence  therefore  be  deeply  engraven  upon  your 
hearts,  *  he  that  walketh  with  wise  men  shall  be  wise; 
but  a  companion  of  fools  shall  be  destroyed.' 

Sit  down  and  seriously  consider,  what  all  that  hap- 
piness is  whioh  sin  and  t^e  world  can  afford  you  in  the 
profits,  honors  md  pleasures  of  it  ge  the  one  hand  ; 
and  think  what  it  ia,  "ivhicb  the  blessed  God  can  and 
will  be  to  yoo,  and  dofor  jH>a,  if  you  sincerely  serve 
'  and  please  him  on  the  ether:  aoid  when  yoo  are  re- 
solved  past  all  waferiog  and  delays,  that  God.  heaven 
and  holitieii,  are  better  for  yen  tto  the  world,  seimii* 


■  mi.lJ:;MUJi-'^^1i,\v 


iCll 


What  will  be. 
fod  but  try  me 
iitherto  done.' 
ives  witb  socli 

f^onsider  o 

until  we  hav 
I  thesalvaffc^ 
ty  to  the  rules 
leath  we  shall 
t  our  last  end 

fiie,  that  we 

ossible,  avoid 
struggle  with 
iea,and  need 
les  of  others 

Where  God 
Bse  unavoida- 
;ial  a*!sistance 
unnecessary 
t  to  reap  the 

It  was  one 
•  to  the  new 
^es  from  that 
>  advice  ia  a^ 

smptofGod, 
nkind.  L«t 
n  iipoQ  your 
ball  be  wi«e: 
ed.' 

>n  that  b«p> 
d  you  in  the 
one  hand  ; 
ilod  can  ami 
erely  serve 
yo«  arc  re- 
>od.  heavtn 
wid,  8tMa*t 


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OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


31 


al  pleasures  and  sin  ;  yield  yourself  entirely  and  un- 
reservedly to  God  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  as 
}our  Father  and  felicity,  your  Saviour  and  your  Sane* 
titier.  Nothing  more  is  expected  of  you,  in  order  to 
be  interested  in  the  blessings  of  the  gospel  than  to 
consent  to  these  reasonable  terms,  to  continue  that 
consent,  and  to  perfornf)  what  you  consent  unto  ;  and 
this  by  the  holp  of  ihose  divine  assistances^  which  will 
be  afforded  unto  you.  Do  this  presently,  resolutely, 
and  sincerely,  and  heaven  and  salvation  are  all  your 
own. 

When  vve  glance  at  the  catalogue  of  human  suffer- 
ing, we  cannot  but  reilect,  how  happy  that  man  is  who, 
though  alllicted,  and  appalled,  by  the  destruction  ot' 
earthly  prospects  has  slil)  the  consolation  of  that  in- 
^ni\G  principle,  which  can  enable  him  to  say  *  Our 
Father  who  art  in  heaven.*  thy  will  be  done,  for  thou 
dost  know  the  wants  of  thy  children  and  thy  tender 
mercies  are  over  rdl  thy  works. 

Under  deep  sense  of  our  own  frailty,  we  should 
submit  to  the  chastenings  of  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
orders  ail  things  for  our  good.  From  seeming  evil, 
he  often  brings  forth  the  greatest  possible  benefits  ; 
and  it  is  often  the  case,  that  what  at  first  seemed  dark 
and  intricate  is  at  la^t  made  apparent  to  us  as  the  noon 
day  sun  as  having  been  planned  for  our  benefit. 

That  all-wise  Being,  who  is  the  former  of  our  bo- 
dies and  the  Aither  of  our  spirits  would  never  afflict 
us  were  it  not  for  our  good— He  will  not  break  the 
bruised  reed — he  will  not  lacerate  the  already  bleed- 
ing heart — but  he  will  in  his  own  due  time  administer 
the  oil  and  wine  of  consolation  and  say  to  th^oister  . 
ous  waves  of  adversity,  *  Thus  far  shalt  thou  come, 
and  no  farther,  and  here  shall  thou  be  stayed.' 

All  consolation  which  the  mind  receives  under  af- 
flictions, is  from  that  benevolent  source  from  which 
the  chastisement  proceeds.    We  should  therefore  con. 


,/ 


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32 


MORAL  REFLECTIONS,  &c. 


sider  that  if  we  murmur  against  the  deahngs  of  Piuv- 
idence,  when  they  are  adverse  to  our  coirupt  willg, 
that  we  also  tind  fault  with  the  author  of  our  blessings. 
It  i?  «  blessing  that  we  live — and  if  we  improve  that 
Messing  aright,  the  holy  book  of  inspiration  teaches  urf 
that  it  is  a  still  greater  blessing  to  die — for  we  are  then 
rehiased  from  the  troubles  and  cares  of  life,  and  leav- 
ing this  frail  tenement  ot  clay,  the  joyful  spirits  seeks 
the  haven  of  its  nativity,  and  reposes  in  the  '  bosom 
of  its  Father  and  its  God.' 

In  vain   do  we  seek  for  happi:  (ss  in  the  world. — 
We  shall  never  tind  it  out  of  the  school  of  Christ. 
Here  genuine  peace  indeed  resides.     Not  because  the 
disciples  of  Jesus  are  endowed  with  morn  external 
advaniages,  or  are  more  exempted  from  sutVeriniis  and 
disappointments   than    others,  for  they   have  often  a 
larger  share  of  them,   but  because  ^  humslily  is  the 
parent  of  c#iten{ment ;'  and  he  who  has  been  led  to 
f?ee  his  desert  of  God  s  displeasure,  J'.nd  at  the  same 
time  is  possess-^-d  of  a  lively  hope  in  his  mercy  thro' 
the  merits  and  mediation  of  his  lieHeemer,  will  not  be 
apt  to    murmur  at  the  dispensation>5  of  Providence, 
and  to   think  himself  hardly  dealt  by,  when  lie  sees 
numbers  all  around,  no  worse  by  nature  tlian  himself, 
enduring  many  evils  from   which    he  is   exempt,  and 
devoid  of  various  C(^mforts  with  ^vhich  he  is  endow- 
ed.    Rather,  like  the  patriarch  Jacob,  he  will  be  rea- 
dy to  say,  '  I  am  not  worthy  of  the  least  of  all   lh<^ 
mercies  and  of  all  the  truth  which  thou  h  st  shewn 
unvo  thy   servant.*     The   consideration,   too,  of  the 
Redeemer's  example  will  have  a  powerful  effect  to 
reconcile  his  servant  to  a  \\^e  of  hardship,  poverty  oi 
contempt.     While  he  contemplates  the  Lord  of  glory 
born  in  a  stable  ;  lying  in  a  manger  ;  at  one  time  en- 
during hunger,   thirst,  and   weariness;    at    another, 
making  a  thankful  repast  on  some  course  barley  bread 
and  a  few  small  fishes  ;  he  will  see  how  ill  it  becomes 


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OF  MISS  ANN  SAUNDERS. 


30 
o 


(he  christian  to  desire  the  honors  and  luxuries  of  life, 
•md  thus  learn  with  the  apostle,  in  whatever  slate 
he  is,  therewith  to  he  content.' 

And  should  it  even  please  the  Father  of  tTiGrcie«;  to 
visit  his  friends  and  followers  with  the  heaviest  rifilic 
(ions,  the  recollection  that  all  events  are  nnuer  tlic 
disposal  of  iiitinile  wir^dom  and  goodness,  wjH  repics;^ 
he  risinp;  murmur  and  dili'use  a  delightful  calm  tb.ro' 
he  soul,  fai'  superior  to  the  exultation  that  an^es  from 
earthly  prosperity.  Even  in  these  days  ihe  con>ola- 
tions  of  relii^ion  are  sometimes  seen  10  raise  the  great- 
est suii'erers  al)ove  all  their  temporal  affliclion^.  iind 
to  make  them  triumph,  when  human  ni.ture,  uuMip^ 
ported,  would  sink  into  dejection  or  (Jespair. 

Who  but  the  christian  for  instance,  can  look  with 
?^tedfastness  and  serenity,  nay,olten  with  joy  and  ghuJ- 
ness,  on  the  approacli  of  that  solemn  hour  which  vvill 
not  only  separate  hnn  from  the  most  loved  earthly 
scenes  and  companions,  but  convey  his  spirit  to  an  un- 
tried unch;mgeable  state,  and  bring  him  into  the  aw- 
ful presence  of  an  infinitely  great  and  holy  (lod  ?  !n., 
fidelity  will  indeed  sometimes,  thousih  seldoni  sleel 
the  heart  ag;iinst  such  importhnt  considerations  ;  iifd 
the  lament.d)le  ignorance  in  which  most  m  n  live, 
both  of  God  and  of  themselves,  may  draw  a  veil  f>v*»r 
these  tremendous  scenes,  and  sooth  them  into  a  fatal 
stupor  and  security.  Bu't  it  is  the  sincere  disci})le  of 
Christ  alone,  who,  at  the  same  time  that  he  impaMial- 
Iv  reviews  his  whole  conduct,  and  sees  sin  in  rili  its 
malignity  and  awiul  consequences,  can  resign  lii?.  soul 
with  the  most  perfect  composure,  and  a  hope  full  of 
immortality,  into  the  hand  of  him  who  made  it. 

Permit  me,  my  christian  readers  to  inquire,  can  in- 
finite vvisdcm  be  mistaken?  can  infinite  goodness  be 
cruel  ?  can  infinite  truth  be  false?  Allow  him  that 
knows  the  end  from  the  beginning,  to  know  better 
what  is  good  for  you  than  you  do  for  yourself  j  and  to 


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know  how  to  come  to  his  end  the  best  way.  Since  he 
does  not  willingly  grieve  nor  afflict  the  children  oi 
men  ;  and  since  it  is  only  if  need  be,  that  we  are  in 
heaviness  ;  what  is  it  but  mercv  and  truth  that  can 
make  him  do  a  thing  unwillingly,  and  does  it  only  ii 
need  be  ?  Would  it  be  mercy  or  truth  to  humor  you 
in  omitting  what  must  needs  be  ?  You  will  allow  hini 
(o  judge  of  the  necessity  of  it  too,  for  the  same  reas 
son  :  and  thou  vou  will  see  reason  to  conclude  witii 
the  royal  mourner,  '  1  know,  O  Lord,  thut  thy  judg 
ments  nre  ri^hi  ;  and  that  in  very  faithfulness  thou  hasi 
afflicted  me.'  Psahn  cxix  75.  Especially  when  you 
consider  in  the  next  place,  That  he  will  make  this, 
and  all  other  trials,  work  together  for  good,  This  i^ 
the  2:;eneral  promise,  '  We  know  that  all  things  work 
together  for  goci'  to  them  that  love  God.'  Rom.  viii. 
28.  We  know  it  is  so  in  fact,  but  we  know  not  how. 
Indeed  that  knowledge  is  no  business  of  ours  ;  that 
part  we  leave  to  God.  To  believe  the  truth  of  it,  to 
take  the  comfort  of  it,  and  to  wait  the  issue  of  it,  that 
IS  our  part.  Look  upon  every  trouble  through  the 
Scripture  ;  let  God  take  what  compass  he  please,  it 
will  come  to  this  at  last. 

Happy  would  it  be  for  young  people  if  they  would 
consider  their  period  of  life  as  a  most  important  era 
in  their  existence.  Youth  is  an  entrance  on  a  jour- 
ney long  and  various  ;  through  an  untried  path  where 
are  many  dangers  and  difficulties.  They  should  there- 
fore look  w  ell  to  the  steps  they  are  about  to  take,  and 
use  the  precaution  of  travellers  in  a  str»mge  land — 
should  inquire  whether  the  way  they  are  in  is  right 
or  wrong  ;  whether  it  is  the  path  of  honor  and  pleas- 
ure, or  of  disgrace  and  pain. 

Look  around  you  my  dear  youth,  and  behold  many 
a  promising  young  person  plunged  into  wretchedness, 
whose  rum  is  to  be  ascribed  to  too  great  a  love  of 
pleasure  ;  who  has  given  way  to  the  inclmatioD,  and 


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will  allow  him 

the  same  reas 
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that Ihy  judo- 
ulnes^  thou  hast 
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will  make  this, 
good.  This  i^ 
all  lhini;s  work 
od.'  Horn,  viji . 
tnow  not  how. 

of  ours  ;  that 
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if  they  would 
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jirccipitated  himself  into  the  habit  of  dissipation,  till 
lie  has  become  (leaf  to  all  good  adrlce  ;  proof  against 
admonition,  inlreaty  and  persuasion  and  is  now  among 
the  splendid  ruins  of  human  nature.  Let  these  in.. 
stances  warn  you  of  your  danger,  and  persujule  you  to 
devote  some  part  of  that  time,  which  is  spent  in  pur- 
suit of  any  pleasurps,  to  reflection  and  consideration. 

*  Take  fast  hold  of  insl ruction,  let  her  not  go  ;  keep 
Ijcr,  for  she  is  thy  life'— way  the  counsel  of  a  wise 
and  tender  parent  to  his  son.  Were  parents  in  gen- 
eral as  anxious  to  impretrs  the  tender  minds  of  their 
children  with  a  reverential  sense  of  the  name  and  at- 
tributes of  the  Deity,  and  a  desire  of  pleasing  him  by 
a  virtuous  life,  as  they  are  to  procure  for  them  honoi- 
and  riches  ;  it  would  have  a  pleasing  influence  upon 
the  rising  generation.  To  see  all  from  a8en!»e  of  their 
obligation  to  the'ir  common  parent,  cheerful  ami  ac- 
tive in  his  service,  while  f*ach  one  io  the  particular 
station  which  providence  allots  him,  strives  to  reoder 
others  happy  in  society  ;  must  afford  a  beautital  pros* 
peer.  Who  ever  considers  the  nature  and  capacities 
of  the  hurniin  mind,  and  the  great  variety  of  means 
our  beneficent  Creator  has  given  us  to  obtnin  th« 
Icnowledge  of  his  will,  must  be  sensible  thnt  no  one 
can  be  truly  happy  without  religion. 

Oh  !  my  dear  young  friends,  if  von  withstand  the 
many  calls  and  warnings  that  you  nave  from  day  to 
day,  and  turn  a  deaf  ear  to  the  entreaties  of  your 
friends  and  the  wooings  of  your  Saviour,  miserable 
must  be  your  condition  throughout  eternal  ages. — 
Seek  the  religion  of  Jesns  Christ,  and  you  will  be 
prepared  for  life,  von  will  be  prepared  for  death,  and 
a  glorious  immortality  beyond  the  grave.  Remember 
that  we  must  all  appear  before  the  iudgement  seat  of 
Christ,  to  g^ive  an  ticcoont  of  the  things  done  in  the 
body,  whether  tbey  be  good  or  bad-^of  all  our  secret 
thoughts  known  only  (o  ourieWes  :  of  all  our  secret 


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actions,  which  no  eye  saw,  but  the  ;t]l  seeing  eye  of 
the  omniscient  Ju(l«i;e'.  He  keeps  a  book  of  remem- 
brance, in  which  every  evil  thought  woid  mu\  work  is 
registered;  every  one  of  which  wil!  then  be  brouglU 
forth,  to  our  eternal  confusion  ;  unl«\*s  they  are  wash 
ed  away  in  the  precious  blood  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

Do  you  not  reflect  that  time  is  progressive,  and  that 
every  past  year  is  to  us  a  year  of  added  life  ;  which-, 
of  consequence, is  «o  much  substracted  from  the  peri- 
od of  our  mortal  existence  ?  But,  in  general,  how 
improvident  are  we  of  time,  (hough  it  is  not  in  our 
power  to  recall  or  retard  it  I  We  can  scarce  say,  thnt 
t'iie  present  moment  is  our  own,  so  soon  is  it  elapsed  ; 
and  who  can  tell  that  we  shall  enjoy  the  next  ? 
This  present  moment — this  now — if  1  may  so  express 
myself,  is  but  an  instant  of  time,  betwixt  that  which  is 
past^  and  that  which  is  in  future,  VVhile  we  are  re- 
decting  upon  it,  it  is  gone,  and  is  immediately  succeed- 
ed  by  another.  If,  then,  time  is  so  rapid  and  fug;r- 
cious,  how  incumbent  is  it  on  us  to  improve  the  pres- 
ent hour,  that  when  it  be  past,  we  may  not  he  subsect 
to  the  disagreeable  reflection  of  having  misemployed 
it!  For  how  painfull  must  be  the  retrospect,  if  we 
should  be  so  unhappy  as  to  contemplate,  not  hours  but 
davs  and  years,  or  perhaps  the  greatest  part  of  life, 
dissipated  in  indolence,  in  pleasure,  and  in  the  neglect 
of  every  christian  and  social  duty.  A  review  of  this 
kind  must  be  productive  of  painful  sensations.  And 
tliere  is  no  person,  however  harrassed  with  the  cares 
and  vexations  of  business,  or  the  repeated  calls  of  di- 
version, but  will  he  obliged,  in  some  solitary  moment, 
to  submit  to  a  self-examiuation.  Every  age  of  hum-an 
life  demands  it. 

When  we  give  up  our  hearts  to  God,  we  begin  to 
answer  the  end  for  which  we  were  created,  and  enjoy 
a  portiou  of  that  felicity  which  is  reserved  for  the 


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37 


blessed  in  Heaven.  How  contemptible  and  ingignifi- 
jnnt  arc  nil  the  amusennents  of  the  world,  when  our 
learts  have  been  rejoiced  and  ameliorated  and  our 
linds  expanded  by  leflecting  upon  God  and  Christ 
[lesus!  When  I  compare  my  imperfections  and  ina- 
Ibilit}  with  the  infinite  majesty  of  God  how  little  and 
[humble  I  appear  ;  how  my  pride  is  lost  and  confoun- 
!dod  in  the,  infinity  of  Divme  Perfection  !  and  how  I 
Jong  for  the  glorious  period  when  I  shall  be  more 
juearly  acquainted  with  the  everlasting  God.  • 
f  But  happy  am  I  to  say,  that,  through  the  grace  of 
God,  my  eyes  are  opened  ;  1  perceive  a  Being  which 
has  given  me  a  soul  whose  desires  cannot  rest  short  of 
eternity — a  Being  in  whom  every  perfection  and  vir- 
tue are  united,  and  to  whom  I  will  consecrate  my 
heart,  and  devote  myself  for  ever  without  reserve, 
and  for  whom  I  will  ever  receive  all  my  consolation 
and  delight.  1  will  exchange  those  earthly  enjoy- 
ments, which  1  have  hitherto  preferred  to  the  bless- 
ings of  Heaven,  for  advantages  incomparably  more 
real  and  permanently  substantial.  And  though  '  still 
continue  to  make  a  proper  use  of  the  good  things  of 
this  life,  they  shall  never  make  me  forget  the  love  of 
God  ;  but  whilst  I  use  them,  and  whilst  I  feel  myself 
benefited  by  their  good  eflects,  when  not  abused,  they 
shajl  serve  as  a  constant  memorial  of  the  goodness  of 
GdLand  call  forth  my  acknowledgments  and  grateful 
seme  of  his  kind  care  and  solicitude  for  my  welfare. 
Whenever  I  partake  of  any  outward  good,  1  will  fay 
to  myself.  If  I  find  so  much  sweetness  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  earthly  things,  and  being  only  acquainted  with 
a  very  small  part  of  the  works  of  God,  that  knowl- 
edge is  so  delightful,  how  happy  and  glorious  will  he 
my  state  when  initiated  into  the  mysteries  of  Heaveo, 
and  favored  with  a  portion  of  the  purity  and  perfec-,^ 
tions  of  God !  How  great  is  the  felicity  of  the  saints, 
who  see  him  as  he  is,  and  live  in  the  coastant  partic- 
ipation of  his  Divine  communion ! 


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From  wbat  wc  already  know  of  God  through  hif( 
works,  we  may  form  some  anticipation  of  the  g(ory  of 
tuturity,  and  prepare  with  joy  and  with  gladne*8S  for 
the  happy  moment,  when  the  soul,  released  from  its 
present  dark  and  inferior  ahbde,  shall  ascend  into  the, 
heuveuif,  and  enjoy  that  purity  and  exaltation,  the  re-! 
ward  of  those  who  by  the  proper  use  they  have  made 
of  their  time  here,  are  permitted  to  join  the  heavenly 
choir  of  angels  in  songs  of  ecstacy  round  the  throne 
of  the  everlasting  God.  ^z^j^ ^.„,  f,i^  ■-.'-.,  ^.r  '^■,^.' - 

Thus,  my  dear  christian  readers,  I  have  endeavor- 
ed to  lay  before  you,  some  of  the  motives,  to  induce 
you  to  attend,  without  delay,  to  the  concerns  of  your 
souls  ;  and  it  is  my  sincere  prayer  that  you  may  at) 
be  encouraged  to  seek  that  grace,  which  is  necessary 
to  guide  us  through  life,  to  support  us  in  death,  and  ^i 
prepare  us  for  heaven. 


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